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Singer Alecia Moore, better known as Pink, was a huge influence on a young Dua Lipa.

Major Move By this time, Lipa’s love for music and performing was tugging at her heart, and the encouraging words of a teacher in Kosovo who had her tackling the works of Toni Braxton and Alicia Keys spiked her interest and buoyed her confidence that perhaps she could wade into the waters of the music industry. At age 15, the aspiring singer sat down with her parents to chat about her future, which included asking a whopper of a request: to return to London, where she could attend the SylviaYoung Theatre School and be better positioned to grow and nurture her talents as a musician. Now, this wasn’t a teenager asking for the keys to the family car to go out with her friends or hoping to push for a later curfew. This was a teen asking to move more than 1,500 miles away to chase a dream so big that few ever fulfilled it. Her parents relented, and she moved in with friends in London to attend the school, which is well-known for producing music stars who cultivated their talents there and moved on to glorious careers. Among those who have walked the hallways of SylviaYoung are six-time Grammy Award winner Amy

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